Wicker joins boycott on nominee to head EPA

Questions not answered, GOP senators say

11:17 PM,
May 10, 2013

Gina McCarthy

Written by

Deborah Barfield Berry
Clarion-Ledger Washington Bureau

Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi has joined a Republican boycott of a committee vote on Gina McCarthy's nomination to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a move that left the committee's chairwoman "stunned."

Republicans said McCarthy, currently the assistant EPA administrator for air and radiation, hasn't adequately answered questions posed by GOP lawmakers on the Environment and Public Works Committee.

"Despite a weak economy and enduring high unemployment, the administration continues to use EPA to push regulations that I fear will put more Americans out of work and at the ...